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who creates foreign policy? is it the intellectuals, is it the scholastic types, or is it presidents? >> it's presidents, yeah. that's what i found. i think that the influence of intellectuals is overrated. i mean, probably the best example in recent years is neoconservativism. a lot of ink was spilled on the subject, neoconservativism. and really if you look at the bush years, talking about george w. bush, it was president bush that made the key decisions whether to invade iraq, how to invade iraq, how to follow up these actions later on. sometimes he did it in ways that neoconservatives didn't like. so at the end of the day you had a group of intellectuals that were influential, but they were not making policy, and they were about as influential as it gets. so foreign policy is not made by intellectuals, it's made by presidents. >> what's neoconservativism? is. >> neoconservativism, the word is usually used to mean a version of republican foreign policy approach which is particularly hawkish, a belief that the
who creates foreign policy? is it the intellectuals, is it the scholastic types, or is it presidents? >> it's presidents, yeah. that's what i found. i think that the influence of intellectuals is overrated. i mean, probably the best example in recent years is neoconservativism. a lot of ink was spilled on the subject, neoconservativism. and really if you look at the bush years, talking about george w. bush, it was president bush that made the key decisions whether to invade iraq, how to...
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i think therefore you'd have more support for foreign policy. i was still secretaries of state when they asked me you spent most your time dealing with the rest the world that spend at least a day a month giving a speech at this or that campus or this or that rotary club to explain to americans why the world matters to us. and why what we do in the world are don't do in the world has a tremendous impact on others and ultimately ourselves. i think it's important to come back where we began the conversation. most americans do not study this. if they did study if they forgot it. so i don't think any president or secretary of state can take for granted that people understand the connection of the united states to the world or why the world matters to us or why we matter to the world. you can't take it for granted. you've got to be out there be something of an educator paired statement as i mentioned earlier you've written 15 books you've served in the government think you been the president for 18 years or something i felt very impressive. we are al
i think therefore you'd have more support for foreign policy. i was still secretaries of state when they asked me you spent most your time dealing with the rest the world that spend at least a day a month giving a speech at this or that campus or this or that rotary club to explain to americans why the world matters to us. and why what we do in the world are don't do in the world has a tremendous impact on others and ultimately ourselves. i think it's important to come back where we began the...
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policy, on a very aggressive foreign policy. this aggressive foreign policy has fed into a disastrous performance for conservative candidates and political contest. this is brought about the obama administration which, of course, has personified and brought into focus so many of these terrible dangers. so this is a murder trial, and we might ask who is the suspect? is it dinesh d'souza? is at our foreign policy in general? james madison in fact 200 years ago, they had a line up and james madison pointed to the suspect. james madison said all the enemies to public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. war is the parent of armies. from these proceed debts and taxes, and armies and debts and taxes are the known instruments for bringing the many under the dominion of the few. no nation can preserve its freedom's enemies of continual warfare. that is the suspect, the continual warfare that has characterized our foreign policy over the past decade and which i believe
policy, on a very aggressive foreign policy. this aggressive foreign policy has fed into a disastrous performance for conservative candidates and political contest. this is brought about the obama administration which, of course, has personified and brought into focus so many of these terrible dangers. so this is a murder trial, and we might ask who is the suspect? is it dinesh d'souza? is at our foreign policy in general? james madison in fact 200 years ago, they had a line up and james...
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this is a debate about american foreign policy. how to debate about obama foreign-policy. it's a debate about the impact of this country and its actions in the world, on the world and on us. i want to start by talking about the impact of america on the world into the good way deadly to ask that question is to simply ask what would the world look like if the influence of america were shot in 20 because that is basically what it means for america to be noninterventionist is to have zero impact on the world. that would be to think of america as canada has zero impact on the world. things can happen all over the world. america used to be like that. we had no influence on to basically world war ii and then we started having an impact in what has the impact on the balance than? it is idiotic to give a microscopic scrutiny of this or that intervention. you have to look at the whole picture. you cannot miss. in the trust back, it is always easy to say we made a mistake over here and over there. churchill and his great history of world war ii said in analyzing the war is illegitima
this is a debate about american foreign policy. how to debate about obama foreign-policy. it's a debate about the impact of this country and its actions in the world, on the world and on us. i want to start by talking about the impact of america on the world into the good way deadly to ask that question is to simply ask what would the world look like if the influence of america were shot in 20 because that is basically what it means for america to be noninterventionist is to have zero impact on...
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that is bad foreign-policy. if a republican had done this there would be no debate anywhere in the country that somebody should look at how did this happen? if you didn't know, how seriously were you looking at corruption? >> is there a way attorneys should make the bidens part of their defense of the president? >> i think they should tear apart the narrative presented by the house managers. this has been debunked. i think they should make a compelling case based on the public record, something based on good government and good foreign-policy to look at. >> mister chairman. >> senator gillibrand said don't bury your head in the sand and then complain it is dark. isn't it hypocritical to complain that it is mindnumbing nature of the democrats testimony so far and voting against witnesses and documents. a response. >> i like her a lot. they did a good job laying out there case but i thought yesterday was too much. i have seen the same video twee 7 times. here's what i would say to her. you know what is mindnumbing
that is bad foreign-policy. if a republican had done this there would be no debate anywhere in the country that somebody should look at how did this happen? if you didn't know, how seriously were you looking at corruption? >> is there a way attorneys should make the bidens part of their defense of the president? >> i think they should tear apart the narrative presented by the house managers. this has been debunked. i think they should make a compelling case based on the public...
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policy ahead, especially at a moment in which more and more foreign policy questions are up for grabs, and more people are challenging the status quo, especially that approach the world which has dominated foreign policy since the end of the cold war. so, in 1991, the soviet union fell, ending the cold war. this is only ten year after the oldest millennial's were born and when the youngest were not even twinkles and their parents eyes. at this time, the united states has been following were after this time they followed deep engagement or support for the alleged liberal international order. that meant a heavy emphasis on forward deployment of american troops, it meant expanded security commitments such as the enlargement of nato to include more and more countries, closer and closer to russia's border, and the frequent use of military force abroad. we have been engaged in conflicts big and small in places like the mall you, iraq, syria, libya, the horn of africa, yemen, and so many other hotspots in the world. we found ourselves engaged where we haven't been using military power but st
policy ahead, especially at a moment in which more and more foreign policy questions are up for grabs, and more people are challenging the status quo, especially that approach the world which has dominated foreign policy since the end of the cold war. so, in 1991, the soviet union fell, ending the cold war. this is only ten year after the oldest millennial's were born and when the youngest were not even twinkles and their parents eyes. at this time, the united states has been following were...
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foreign policy. this is a little more than an hour. >> we hope to discover whether it is the business of these united states to send our liberties and our way of life against enemies. in foreign lands. to spill our blood going after terrorists, dictators and the middle east and other countries outside our borders. should our military engage in pre-emptive strikes against authoritarian leaders who do not share our cultural or religious values caused america to be hated in many parts of the world? should we engage in regime change and nation-building like we did in japan after world war -- does the 9/11 terrorist attack by islamic fundamentalists justify the passage of the patriot act? and expanding dramatically the powers of surveillance and spying by the cia, in and say, an fbi. other agencies of the federal government that may be in violation of our sacred constitution and bill of rights. we hope that we attendees in conference and our 12 unbiased citizens here tonight will determine their right and
foreign policy. this is a little more than an hour. >> we hope to discover whether it is the business of these united states to send our liberties and our way of life against enemies. in foreign lands. to spill our blood going after terrorists, dictators and the middle east and other countries outside our borders. should our military engage in pre-emptive strikes against authoritarian leaders who do not share our cultural or religious values caused america to be hated in many parts of the...
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most in the foreign-policy elite are prepared to wait him out competent that the pre-trump foreign-policy could be reconstituted and that the american people will go back to tolerating open-ended military missions and costly foreign entanglements. there are alternatives to trump summoned what came before. walton explores them here and he outlines the case for american foreign policy based on realism and restraint in the calls its offshore balancing. before he tells you more about the book let me tell you of it about steve. he is the robert and renee belford professor of international affairs at the harvard kennedy school. he recently taught at princeton university and the university of chicago where he mastered the collegiate division and the dean of social sciences. he is been a resident associate at the carnegie -- for peace and served as consultant for defense and naval analysis and the national defense university. presently serves on the editorial board for foreign-policy where he writes regularly in his most recent piece over the weekend. he he writes their regular is where his inter
most in the foreign-policy elite are prepared to wait him out competent that the pre-trump foreign-policy could be reconstituted and that the american people will go back to tolerating open-ended military missions and costly foreign entanglements. there are alternatives to trump summoned what came before. walton explores them here and he outlines the case for american foreign policy based on realism and restraint in the calls its offshore balancing. before he tells you more about the book let...
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policy foreign-policy as well. there are problems that defy easy solutions. they have that. it's not doing something or doing nothing if the in between. we've seen things that we can bring to try to affect an outcome but it's all been very difficult. >> in the book you talk about obama was big on that. he encouraged it that is not do this or do that. it's about finding some kind of compromise in the middle. you also point out that obama's critics call and say it makes the u.s. look weak in the eyes of the world. it is a bit of a paradox. you've one side of the debate that you been hearing a lot about that says he's weak he doesn't believe that america is a great country he doesn't like to use military force but that then on the other side of the debate you hear obama is not that he uses it to a little. he uses it too much. an unprecedented and counterterror campaign using tools like the remotely piloted aircraft. in our debates it likens to look at things like either or. he's the in between. i actually think it's a
policy foreign-policy as well. there are problems that defy easy solutions. they have that. it's not doing something or doing nothing if the in between. we've seen things that we can bring to try to affect an outcome but it's all been very difficult. >> in the book you talk about obama was big on that. he encouraged it that is not do this or do that. it's about finding some kind of compromise in the middle. you also point out that obama's critics call and say it makes the u.s. look weak...
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is to have a lot less of a foreign policy. we are reacting to the perceived overcommitment of the bush of administration, the george w. bush administration. we want less engagement in the middle east. we want to turn our backs on a war on terror that seems to many people to be unwinnable. we want to provide less by way of military assurances, fire power in east asia, in europe and this is a replica in a sense of a pattern of american foreign-policy behavior after the first world war. people would take the stargel mind now that we had a president named woodrow wilson who went to war to make the world safe for democracy and after the war was over and after it was one a lot of americans concluded that the game hadn't been worth the candle. they did not want to remain engaged in global affairs. they did not want to police the world order that had been established at versailles so we turn inward to the 1920s and a republican administration and again in the 1930s for much of the roosevelt of administration at least until the late 19
is to have a lot less of a foreign policy. we are reacting to the perceived overcommitment of the bush of administration, the george w. bush administration. we want less engagement in the middle east. we want to turn our backs on a war on terror that seems to many people to be unwinnable. we want to provide less by way of military assurances, fire power in east asia, in europe and this is a replica in a sense of a pattern of american foreign-policy behavior after the first world war. people...
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i come from from a country receiving of the foreign policy, u.s. foreign policy. i am a if you will brighter from -- fulbrighter from afghanistan. so whatever you say, i imagine the history of my country in front of my eyes. 1989, the u.s. pulls out, we are in trouble. and, again, the maximalist policies probably of george bush spoiled president karzai, and now we have president obama on retrenchment, so he is -- he doesn't get the same kind of attention that he probably got from president bush. and he is reacting in different ways. that's an observation. but two questions. first, i'm a bit struggling with the definition of maximalist in terms of foreign policy. yes, do more, do more and what? is it more national security than foreign policy, military affairs, economics, so on and so forth? have you found any traits or any trends that do more in specific areas in the foreign policy to kind of narrow down the definition of maximalist and the retrenchment? and then the second question has to do with the -- like you said, there are so many crisis popping up all over
i come from from a country receiving of the foreign policy, u.s. foreign policy. i am a if you will brighter from -- fulbrighter from afghanistan. so whatever you say, i imagine the history of my country in front of my eyes. 1989, the u.s. pulls out, we are in trouble. and, again, the maximalist policies probably of george bush spoiled president karzai, and now we have president obama on retrenchment, so he is -- he doesn't get the same kind of attention that he probably got from president...
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policy, aggressive foreign policy. in fact, this has spread into a disastrous performance from conservative candid it's in political contests which has brought about the obama administration which, of course, has personified and brought into focus so many of these terrible dangers. this is a murder trial. who was a suspect? dinseh d'souza, our foreign policy in general? james madison 200 years ago had a lineup. and james madison pointed to the suspect. he said, of all the enemies to public liberty were is perhaps the most of the dreaded because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. from these proceed debt and taxes. armies in debt and taxes are the nine instruments for bringing the many under the dominion of the few. it so that is the suspect. the continual warfare that has characterized our foreign policy of the past decade and i believe the defense will be attempting to support. we assume that there is in fact a murder weapon. it has been the patriot act and other legislation that has expanded executive
policy, aggressive foreign policy. in fact, this has spread into a disastrous performance from conservative candid it's in political contests which has brought about the obama administration which, of course, has personified and brought into focus so many of these terrible dangers. this is a murder trial. who was a suspect? dinseh d'souza, our foreign policy in general? james madison 200 years ago had a lineup. and james madison pointed to the suspect. he said, of all the enemies to public...
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and also meaningfully in foreign policy this meanness attitude in foreign policy. by and large, it's the chilled in working-class america is sort of unilateral action and peace through strength of the best way to safeguard america's interests in the world. and upper-middle-class, white collar america in the polling tells much more towards diplomacy and alliance as the best way to save america's interests in the world. so i set off in foreign-policy functions in america politics at a social issue, like abortion really. it divides country on the saline abortion as other than than the economic issues. so a full set of concerns becomes more prominent, democrats have long with those voters. and she sang twice though, what we'll see in 2012 is a lot of fun improvements happen under bill clinton, was moderate -- liberate tomato and foreign-policy issues. under too liberal on social issues, besides the era of big government is over. now coming into suburban upperclassman awaits her bill clinton democrats will see also barack obama democrats. the men in particular -- you te
and also meaningfully in foreign policy this meanness attitude in foreign policy. by and large, it's the chilled in working-class america is sort of unilateral action and peace through strength of the best way to safeguard america's interests in the world. and upper-middle-class, white collar america in the polling tells much more towards diplomacy and alliance as the best way to save america's interests in the world. so i set off in foreign-policy functions in america politics at a social...
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next a former foreign policy advisor. at the 9/11 memorial and museum he argued that the period of peace around the world after the fall of the soviet union is being dismantled today by russia, china and iran. this is just under an hour. [applause] >> thank you all for coming. and thanks to cspan and it's important audience as well. my new book, the rise and fall of peace on earth revolves around a particular question that question is, what are the prospects for peace? that is a timely question at any point and i will give my answer in the course of my remarks. but it does presuppose another question not often asked but one that is also relevant to the book. that question is what do we mean by peace question how do we define peace? the obvious definition is peace is the absence of war and that is always welcome but it is not very rigorous after all the world has not spent its entire existence and continual war, war is not continual is episodic. so i propose a somewhat more rigorous definition. peace or if you will deep pe
next a former foreign policy advisor. at the 9/11 memorial and museum he argued that the period of peace around the world after the fall of the soviet union is being dismantled today by russia, china and iran. this is just under an hour. [applause] >> thank you all for coming. and thanks to cspan and it's important audience as well. my new book, the rise and fall of peace on earth revolves around a particular question that question is, what are the prospects for peace? that is a timely...
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handles foreign policy. after 2004 because john kerry was known as the serious student of foreign policy and was famous globally as a former presidential nominee he could get meetings with any foreign leader he wanted and developed some important relationships. what changed in 2009 was many leaders of these countries sought a chairman who was close to the president and looked to him to translate the administration's foreign policy. i should add the senator recognized that he is a translator and not a spokesman of the administration. he understands congress is a separate branch of the government. he differed with the administration on key issues declaring in october of 2009 in the president's strategy in afghanistan when too far too fast and this past summer issue and report critical of our civilian assistance in afghanistan. he also found as chairman he has a power that is extremely important like bringing in former republican secretaries of state and defense months ahead of the s.t.a.r.t. treaty. probably h
handles foreign policy. after 2004 because john kerry was known as the serious student of foreign policy and was famous globally as a former presidential nominee he could get meetings with any foreign leader he wanted and developed some important relationships. what changed in 2009 was many leaders of these countries sought a chairman who was close to the president and looked to him to translate the administration's foreign policy. i should add the senator recognized that he is a translator and...
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foreign policy engagement. it is a hybrid that is partly because of personnel in his own adaptations over time he wasse t very flexible. he's unpredictable day today. but there does seem to be a pattern in how she handles foreign-policy and that's one of the arguments i handle as well. .. >>. >> that is what you are seeing as a maximum pressure campaign. then you see them against us allies to increase defense spending not entirely new but it's in a way that you have not seen before and then on the economic front against china us competitor that is the trump innovation to really push china on the commercial side and then finally the campaign against us allies that's very trump i don't think and you can do what have done thate japan mexico canada to look for renegotiated treaties. so what he does is he goes up and down the ladder of escalation it can be subtle and unexpected he will raise the temperature the lower it. people make cuts and then be willing to settle or talk. with adversaries but what i do find stri
foreign policy engagement. it is a hybrid that is partly because of personnel in his own adaptations over time he wasse t very flexible. he's unpredictable day today. but there does seem to be a pattern in how she handles foreign-policy and that's one of the arguments i handle as well. .. >>. >> that is what you are seeing as a maximum pressure campaign. then you see them against us allies to increase defense spending not entirely new but it's in a way that you have not seen before...
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but i like to think of it as policy priorities where you put your diplomatic muscle and this is the foreign-policy and just elevating the welfare and that shadow of which we are making decisions not just related to economic policy but with national security. and you charitably point out. and also urging my friends and colleagues because we could arrive at a much more profitable place for american fall low --dash - - foreign-policy. . >> i was struck on your piece that it is fitting the anniversary of reagan's farewell address and that fundamental optimism that it captures so how realistic is the obstacle to achieve? and nevertheless you paint a picture and you end with that optimistic conclusion we can get there. and not necessarily during the crisis but we like to hear you reflect a little bit about the debate of conservativism that what jake has talked about is very similar to the national greatness movement we saw 20 years ago. and by leading conservative thinkers over 20 years ago without a broader more light and interest it will easily deteriorate into the nationalism of pat buchanan and amer
but i like to think of it as policy priorities where you put your diplomatic muscle and this is the foreign-policy and just elevating the welfare and that shadow of which we are making decisions not just related to economic policy but with national security. and you charitably point out. and also urging my friends and colleagues because we could arrive at a much more profitable place for american fall low --dash - - foreign-policy. . >> i was struck on your piece that it is fitting the...
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, foreign policy and health care. will be interesting to see if the coming and final weeks of the campaign, the senators does run fully and aggressively by state senator senate. i'd be glad to take any questions i'd be glad to take any questions i'd be glad to take any questions are a match. questions from anyone? it think if you would go to the microphone or pass the microphone down it would be great. thank you. >> when did you actually started this project specifically about five years ago was it quite >> i start in the fall 2006. my first trip was in the fall of 2006 in which he was running unopposed. so that was -- you just show you how the political world shifted at this time he was running unopposed and was chairman of the senate foreign relations committee. there is a republican president. so one of the challenges of this book, the real challenges even though you're someone like senator lugar who has a pretty steady career, the political landscape around him has been shifting constantly and it's been trying to
, foreign policy and health care. will be interesting to see if the coming and final weeks of the campaign, the senators does run fully and aggressively by state senator senate. i'd be glad to take any questions i'd be glad to take any questions i'd be glad to take any questions are a match. questions from anyone? it think if you would go to the microphone or pass the microphone down it would be great. thank you. >> when did you actually started this project specifically about five years...
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what grip does this attitude had on the foreign foreign-policy elite. crosses political boundaries why does it have this grip. a lot of learning to be have in reading the book. what why did they throw it out on their own. just to be very clear i believe that the republicans in the democrats are would tweedledee and tweedledum. no meaningful difference. it is heart wired and the american psyche they are just deeply committed to promoting liberalism around the world. it's just the way we are. is that because every nation has a natural tendency to replicate the structures abroad. it is the former. it does try to export the foreign-policy. and you believe that america is exceptional. if you can make everyone else look like us. it would be a much better world. it's that mentality that striving us. it's a really great question. first of all, once you get into these conflicts it's almost impossible to get out. we got out of iraq. this is one of the reasons i was so opposed from going into iraq to begin with. i think it perpetuates itself for that reason. secon
what grip does this attitude had on the foreign foreign-policy elite. crosses political boundaries why does it have this grip. a lot of learning to be have in reading the book. what why did they throw it out on their own. just to be very clear i believe that the republicans in the democrats are would tweedledee and tweedledum. no meaningful difference. it is heart wired and the american psyche they are just deeply committed to promoting liberalism around the world. it's just the way we are. is...
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in reality the trump foreign-policy is more a mixture of nonintervention and actually continuing foreign-policy activism engagement it is a hybrid partly because of his own adaptations over time. he is flexible to a fault but there does seem to be a pattern how he handles foreign-policy and that's an argument to make as well so if you will indulge me, he launches pressure campaigns against allies and adversaries on economic issues again security adversaries north korea the tele band, straightforward but then in a somewhat different way that is part of what you're seeing a maximum pressure campaign with iran and north korea for example then you see against us allies to increase defense spending not entirely new but away we have not seen before pressure campaigns on the economic front against china as a us competitor. that is a trump innovation. that was not nearly as high of a priority to really push china for prior presidents on the commercial side. finally against us allies on trade is new i don't think any other candidate would have done that pressure south korea japan mexico, eu looking for
in reality the trump foreign-policy is more a mixture of nonintervention and actually continuing foreign-policy activism engagement it is a hybrid partly because of his own adaptations over time. he is flexible to a fault but there does seem to be a pattern how he handles foreign-policy and that's an argument to make as well so if you will indulge me, he launches pressure campaigns against allies and adversaries on economic issues again security adversaries north korea the tele band,...
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to find that we agreed a lot on foreign-policy. and then with that standalone community working on an issue and then to come to the table in a serious way start talking one on one to see where we can find some commonn ground. and then during those joint meetings and offices. . >>. >> and the predecessor and then the misguided operation but that yemen thing that dan agreed with foreign-policy and with that last election cycle and part of a coalition with people of felonies in florida to get their voting rights back. and that was interesting to see potentially an opportunity. like a bad habit of avoiding people and we have been un- polite to each other in the past on twitter i thought it was best to send somebody else over. and then to have that opportunity that we argue and everything else to come together on this oneto issue. and with that fundamental change but our kids will pay for the war but can we help the next generation maybe not go to war? which is audit and approve american foreign-policy. . >> i am an army vet from 79 or
to find that we agreed a lot on foreign-policy. and then with that standalone community working on an issue and then to come to the table in a serious way start talking one on one to see where we can find some commonn ground. and then during those joint meetings and offices. . >>. >> and the predecessor and then the misguided operation but that yemen thing that dan agreed with foreign-policy and with that last election cycle and part of a coalition with people of felonies in florida...
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policy and creates foreign policy? is a the intellectuals? scholastic types or is it presidents? >> it's presidents. that's what i found. the influence is overrated. probably the best example in the recent years is a lot being sold on the subject and really i think if you look and bush years it was president bush that made the key decisions with her to invade iraq, how to invade iraq and follow-up the actions we iran. sometimes he didn't increase concerns people didn't like sciu had intellectuals influential but they were not making policy and they were as influential as it gets so foreign policy isn't made by intellectuals. >> what is neoconservatives on? >> the word is usually used to mean the republican foreign policy approach which is particularly kokesh the u.s. should promote democracy even the world even by force is necessary. this is something where there are routes in the broader american tradition so if the word sometimes overused. the concept of the new conservatism has a lot of broad republican and american
policy and creates foreign policy? is a the intellectuals? scholastic types or is it presidents? >> it's presidents. that's what i found. the influence is overrated. probably the best example in the recent years is a lot being sold on the subject and really i think if you look and bush years it was president bush that made the key decisions with her to invade iraq, how to invade iraq and follow-up the actions we iran. sometimes he didn't increase concerns people didn't like sciu had...
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any student on foreign policy and practitioner on foreign policy it's not only informative but it's fascinating. i learned a number of things even though i've ha decide how d the government i learned from this book and just thank you so much for your contribution. ..
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policy because of a restraining foreign policy, can you outline that? >> just imagine what the world would look like from 1990 up to the present. if i had been the president of the united states. don't worry, that was never going to happen. we would've had no nato expansion. we would today, have much better relations with the russians. situations in the middle east would be much more stable. who not have invaded iraq. we would not have helped kill colonel qaddafi. we would not have gotten deeply involved in syria. i think and result is that many people would have died, many americans would have died. we would have spent much less. i also would have pulled all our troops out of europe with the cold war. i find it unacceptable that we spend all this money defending europeans, we are perfectly capable of descending them themselves. you are to airports like laguardia, and lax, they are basically third world airports. you go all the way around the world, people are first world airports. the amount of money we put into them, is remarkable. would've had a much
policy because of a restraining foreign policy, can you outline that? >> just imagine what the world would look like from 1990 up to the present. if i had been the president of the united states. don't worry, that was never going to happen. we would've had no nato expansion. we would today, have much better relations with the russians. situations in the middle east would be much more stable. who not have invaded iraq. we would not have helped kill colonel qaddafi. we would not have gotten...
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foreign policy and how to undo the damage wrought by this president. i hope it can serve as a roadmap to congress and a future administration about what needs rebuilding and where the damage lies and as a reminder of the consequences incoherent chaotic foreign policy. for those of us that care deeply about this country and the role that we play in the world, there's a lot of work ahead. thank you for tuning in and i look forward to your questions. >> thank you. i appreciate this. i have a bunch of questions for you and so i'm hoping we can tackle all of them. some of the actions that you have deemed is negative. you are somewhat vague about that in the report so my question is which misdeeds do you want to hold the administration accountable for and what exactly would accountability look like? >> the accountability that i'm talking about is an assessment. we tried to lay a foundational element of that in the report where the trump administration has left us in the world. so, knowing that assessment and where the shortcomings are and where the consequen
foreign policy and how to undo the damage wrought by this president. i hope it can serve as a roadmap to congress and a future administration about what needs rebuilding and where the damage lies and as a reminder of the consequences incoherent chaotic foreign policy. for those of us that care deeply about this country and the role that we play in the world, there's a lot of work ahead. thank you for tuning in and i look forward to your questions. >> thank you. i appreciate this. i have a...
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foreign-policy agenda? >> i was piling up evidence for how troubled that doctrine is and how in some ways for its record is case after case. i was writing the book during the presidency of donald trump whose foreign-policy is entirely about selfish self-interest and a very narrow view of national interest. the trail for example if the incursion a few weeks ago which has given russia, iran, al-assad and isis new strength in northern syria. it's keeping with the idea we have no business being involved in other people's problems. it's hard to come to a settled view because as soon as i'm shaking my head over what a slow-motion disaster afghanistan has been. for the action and the american involvement it's only when the united states intervened that the war came to an end with a rather tortured piece. i don't think anyone should feel as if they have a simple one for all answers to the question because as soon as you do, someone out there that we don't understand completely overturns it when finishing your book
foreign-policy agenda? >> i was piling up evidence for how troubled that doctrine is and how in some ways for its record is case after case. i was writing the book during the presidency of donald trump whose foreign-policy is entirely about selfish self-interest and a very narrow view of national interest. the trail for example if the incursion a few weeks ago which has given russia, iran, al-assad and isis new strength in northern syria. it's keeping with the idea we have no business...
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>> i think we need to resurrect the foreign policy consensus that has guided american foreign policy since 1945 which is the mentally premised on and defending and promoting freedom and liberty on standing with our allies and security alliances and on promoting free trade and sadly i don't see most of the democratic candidates speaking up for those values but i think that is a broad policy direction which is that many stumbles in over 70 years but i think you get to the point that jim was making, it beats the alternative. there is no better alternative out there and i think we need to try to rebuild that bipartisan consensus. it's very disheartening for me right now to see there's not a free-trade party left in america. that's not fair for the future of the united states or the world. >> jim, you actually get to do this when you are jimmy carter. >> yes. that was another time. one of the speeches i will say i think stands up well to examination is the speech carter gave in the springtime of 1977 with notre dame commencement which you would know well about the human rights policy. >>
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people unlike our foreign policy establishment. and, in fact, i was going to say -- but i didn't have time -- that america itself is filled with people who our ruling class sees as primitive. tea party people, you see, who they would like to reform, but whom they believe are beyond redemption. never the less, they want to reform them. how do they want to reform them? well, these people would never think of themselves as imperialists. no, no, they wouldn't, as the british did, clamp down and tell locals that some of their customs are absolutely unacceptable. by the way, the british banned wife burning in india, that sort of thing. but our people would never presume to tell muslims that, for example, female circumcision's a bad idea or thing like that. or they would not forcibly reform for societies. well, what then do they want to do? well, they want to build nations, and they want to do it with a minimum of force although they're certainly willing to use some force. a minimum of force. not war, the dictionary meaning of the term. a
people unlike our foreign policy establishment. and, in fact, i was going to say -- but i didn't have time -- that america itself is filled with people who our ruling class sees as primitive. tea party people, you see, who they would like to reform, but whom they believe are beyond redemption. never the less, they want to reform them. how do they want to reform them? well, these people would never think of themselves as imperialists. no, no, they wouldn't, as the british did, clamp down and...
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is a foreign policy establishment anymore. the country has changed demographically and i think the council has evolved. we are probably now we have a significant representation to reflect what america has become. we don't take institutional positions. we are fully independent and anything you would find in america you would find on the council of foreign relations. a. >> this is your 15th book, so normally when people with your kind of background write books they say the policy should be here, here's how great i was in this area and here's what i did, listen to me the country would be better off, those kind of books. this one is unusual because it has a brief introduction. what were you trying to accomplish with this book? >> writing another insider book which is another argument. i decided to write something down here's why the world matters and here's how the world operates, here's the basic history, here's an introduction, here's how to understand the basic challenges. and the reason i'm doing it is the world is so importan
is a foreign policy establishment anymore. the country has changed demographically and i think the council has evolved. we are probably now we have a significant representation to reflect what america has become. we don't take institutional positions. we are fully independent and anything you would find in america you would find on the council of foreign relations. a. >> this is your 15th book, so normally when people with your kind of background write books they say the policy should be...
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obama is perhaps a critic in the limited foreign policy. you can turn their rhetoric and to many volumes of position papers and policy papers. his assumption at the beginning was that u.s. and german relations could have been with the work 20 years ago had not been for the unilateralism of george w. bush. it was written like this, obama's position was i will be much more pleasant person and therefore, the germans will do much more to help. thank god we finally have a president who would ask us to do things we don't want to do the had this tremendous love affair and the nobel peace prize and everything else and suddenly you realize my goodness, barack obama is an american president and angela merkel is a german chancellor. >> host: i would like to go back to one of your earlier point which is what does it mean for the united states to grow into accepting its role as a sort of a global empire issue in a horse since and to actually make the case that in pa year requires a much more sophisticated foreign policy in which to operate through a reg
obama is perhaps a critic in the limited foreign policy. you can turn their rhetoric and to many volumes of position papers and policy papers. his assumption at the beginning was that u.s. and german relations could have been with the work 20 years ago had not been for the unilateralism of george w. bush. it was written like this, obama's position was i will be much more pleasant person and therefore, the germans will do much more to help. thank god we finally have a president who would ask us...
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foreign policy. to pass a series of reforms that they could no longer be in the business with a universal values such as the 1948 united nations declaration of human rights. and to eliminate how human rights activism : needed when cash so to talk about americans advocating for greater attention to civil and how that inspired the institutionalization in u.s. foreign policy. foreign service officer traveled to south korea in 1962 is three years there to remember the prime minister every sunday afternoon. to build upon and extend those connections when he returned to school as ambassador to 71 stanley zuckerman the information officer at the last embassy in 1971 and 73 remembers how his friends were journalists were arrested for printing unacceptable stories many of these are through other connections to communicate as a strong irritant in our relationship. and then to precipitate even more enforceable -- forceful involvement so to kidnap opposition politicians from the grand palace hotel and put on a h
foreign policy. to pass a series of reforms that they could no longer be in the business with a universal values such as the 1948 united nations declaration of human rights. and to eliminate how human rights activism : needed when cash so to talk about americans advocating for greater attention to civil and how that inspired the institutionalization in u.s. foreign policy. foreign service officer traveled to south korea in 1962 is three years there to remember the prime minister every sunday...
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you canore or choose less foreign-policy. you can choose more foreign-policy and one place in less than another place others a lot of room to run in terms of you can index the debate by looking after example two leading presidential candidates who represent two within the gop foreign-policy debate. one says the united states overemphasizes europe leading europeans live off o u.s. exertions when i can and should be doing more for themselves. that side frequently gets callee of the debate argues the monomania for folks seen on europe comes at the expense of n the u.s. position in asia. the other side of the debate says as goes europe so goes the world. everything is connected to everything else withoutte u.s. leadership the global order would collapse. i refresidential election of 1952. there arentl some echoes of the debate that took place during that presidential election in the contemporary our best to put some of the somewhere decent distinctions between moment in time. there are echoes of that past debate into today but i
you canore or choose less foreign-policy. you can choose more foreign-policy and one place in less than another place others a lot of room to run in terms of you can index the debate by looking after example two leading presidential candidates who represent two within the gop foreign-policy debate. one says the united states overemphasizes europe leading europeans live off o u.s. exertions when i can and should be doing more for themselves. that side frequently gets callee of the debate argues...
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foreign policy. i hope you will talk about it more but you look all the way back to the beginning of the 20th century and look at generational cohorts and you show a really interesting, not steady decline but rise and fall and rise and fall of generations comfort with u.s. engagement in the world. u.s. leadership in the world. and he suggests in a way that i think billy may suggest larger forces are at play than the ones who think about that it's actually all about what we experience as young americans and how we experience our country in the world as young americans and that it may be that that's the only thing that makes any difference in generational attitudes. i'd love to hear you talk more about that. i also be really curious Ãbif not somebody who's watching this should go to this work, how does this compare to generational shift on other major national issues? is foreign and security policy following in the trends of how americans think about government engagement in their lives? which is some
foreign policy. i hope you will talk about it more but you look all the way back to the beginning of the 20th century and look at generational cohorts and you show a really interesting, not steady decline but rise and fall and rise and fall of generations comfort with u.s. engagement in the world. u.s. leadership in the world. and he suggests in a way that i think billy may suggest larger forces are at play than the ones who think about that it's actually all about what we experience as young...
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i think he wanted one of the foreign policy committees. he would have been just as happy with the armed services that it's harder to get. then on immigration i think the fall on that is mine. there are only so many issues i can cover in the book. in the administration -- >> it's sort of a two-part question. there's a circumstance under which the obama administration would use force against ian and whether or not you think they would. >> whether the u.s. administration was under any circumstance and then the second is are there differences among these factions on the policies. >> first i take obama at his word which is that in the end if diplomacy doesn't work - for all kind of reasons it would be a united states operation and is really operation that they don't want it and in fact a lot of what you see now serve on the inside pages are all the current diplomacy with iran has a subtext we want to be sure that we have done everything we can to avoid the use of force and iran does nothing to turnaround on its weapons programs i actually think
i think he wanted one of the foreign policy committees. he would have been just as happy with the armed services that it's harder to get. then on immigration i think the fall on that is mine. there are only so many issues i can cover in the book. in the administration -- >> it's sort of a two-part question. there's a circumstance under which the obama administration would use force against ian and whether or not you think they would. >> whether the u.s. administration was under any...
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it's a moralizing approach to foreign policy. tells us on the whole, we ought not to met until other people's business. on the whole, foreign policy will inevitably have unintended consequences and those unintended consequences will come back to haunt us. on the whole we should be spending our national resources not on a large military, not on bases in japan or germany but right here at home, rebuilding our infrastructure improving our schools and so on. and the case for isolationism, or what i call isolationism, is a strong case. it's a smart case. and it has to be dealt with that way. can't just be dismissed as a bunch of yahoos because they're making fundamental claims what the united states ought to be about. i happen to think they're wrong but don't want to dismiss or denigrate them. >> host: i take it your a conservative as a cullummist for the walkway are "wall street journal." >> guest: yes use would you call your book conservative? >> guest: the heart of a book is a case for a conservative foreign poll circumstance but c
it's a moralizing approach to foreign policy. tells us on the whole, we ought not to met until other people's business. on the whole, foreign policy will inevitably have unintended consequences and those unintended consequences will come back to haunt us. on the whole we should be spending our national resources not on a large military, not on bases in japan or germany but right here at home, rebuilding our infrastructure improving our schools and so on. and the case for isolationism, or what i...
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foreign policy. part of the reason there hasn't been about lincoln's foreign policy in nearly 70 years. a human narrative about it. that's before the lincoln papers were released and library of congress in 1947. so there's a lot of water under the bridge since then. but i think one of the reasons there's no book about his foreign policy. he a strong and competent secretary of state. he didn't do everything in foreign affair. but the things he did do are really important. and so i've sliced it a little differently. i've taken look at the things that lincoln did do in foreign releases without saying he did everything or everything right, by the way. he made some mistakes too. >> was foreign policies all tied in to the civil war? >> well, we treat the civil war period in this. i have a chapter early on about the mexican war. lincoln was a freshman congressman in the house of representatives during the end of the mexican war in the 1840s. lincoln was opposed to the origin of the mexican war. one of the f
foreign policy. part of the reason there hasn't been about lincoln's foreign policy in nearly 70 years. a human narrative about it. that's before the lincoln papers were released and library of congress in 1947. so there's a lot of water under the bridge since then. but i think one of the reasons there's no book about his foreign policy. he a strong and competent secretary of state. he didn't do everything in foreign affair. but the things he did do are really important. and so i've sliced it a...
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foreign-policy, international security, u.s. defense policy, a variety of courses, both present and undergraduate. >> economic interests. >> i think that sometimes the overestimated. i didn't really find the major decisions of the want peace. really narrow. it's not as the president's get on the phone and ask the leaders of major oil companies, should we invade? i think the broad context is pretty much every president wants to maintain a certain kind of international system which is open to these police chains and this is part of the american vision of a liberal open economic order. that's an important factor, but the idea that special-interest drives big decisions. on trade policy that's a different story. it's a major influence. when you have a shift, for example, like today, why is it that it's so hard to get trade treaties through congress, colombia, south korea and so on? is because that they have a very strong protectionist interest in congress. very aware of that. >> what do you think it's been the biggest failure of repu
foreign-policy, international security, u.s. defense policy, a variety of courses, both present and undergraduate. >> economic interests. >> i think that sometimes the overestimated. i didn't really find the major decisions of the want peace. really narrow. it's not as the president's get on the phone and ask the leaders of major oil companies, should we invade? i think the broad context is pretty much every president wants to maintain a certain kind of international system which is...
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national-security and foreign policy economics? have you found any trends that are more specific areas of foreign policy to narrow it down with the retrenchment? second come a there are so many crisis popping up all over the world with the retrenchment mentality with the obama administration to you think they can handle that? >> the state department has the variable? interesting question. my view is the state department generally in american policy generally once to come up with big plans, the big solutions it is not an accident that richard holbrooke was in the state department pushing for what i would say is save more activist policy the and found himself rather unwelcome in the obama administration and arguing for the policy based on the previous clinton administration before the bush administration before the retrenchment of the obama administration. but it is often through the state department when i worked in the state department in different presidencies of reagan and clinton, of course, you have different perspectives but t
national-security and foreign policy economics? have you found any trends that are more specific areas of foreign policy to narrow it down with the retrenchment? second come a there are so many crisis popping up all over the world with the retrenchment mentality with the obama administration to you think they can handle that? >> the state department has the variable? interesting question. my view is the state department generally in american policy generally once to come up with big...
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you can't have a foreign policy without domestic support. i happen to believe that americans are better off when the united states is involved, is respected and understand that we are the indispensable nation. [applause] >> in our final couple of things i'd like to talk about actual al politics which is bound actual politics which has been a theme of the discussions. if you are accessing the likely foreign policy of the republican administration, donald trump or otherwise, how different they think it could be from the last eight years, eight years before the? >> given what i've heard, that in very different, i think there's a real difference if i may say so, america is essential in foreign policy but it doesn't mean dictating to everybody. and what is the real aspect of diplomacy is being able to put us up into the other person's shoes, and understand that every agreement cannot be a zero-sum game. we need to respect the countries that we deal with. we can't insult everybody, and i think it is very important, i think it would be very differe
you can't have a foreign policy without domestic support. i happen to believe that americans are better off when the united states is involved, is respected and understand that we are the indispensable nation. [applause] >> in our final couple of things i'd like to talk about actual al politics which is bound actual politics which has been a theme of the discussions. if you are accessing the likely foreign policy of the republican administration, donald trump or otherwise, how different...
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jenkins: foreign policy. jalina: to sum it up, it is celebrating the diversity of messengers, right? and we will always look to experts like you and other experts within the government, but they are everyday people and there are influencers who truly care and want to learn and want to share your work, so i am glad to hear you say at. so i have one more question before we transition to the audience q&a. if there ig you help people in the audience due today as a result of what you have shared in this conversation, what would you say? amb. jenkins: um, that everyone can carry forth the importance of understanding why we need to have diversity of thought, of and international security, because we are faced by a lot of challenges. when you're talking about clate change, food security, weapons of mass destruction, we will not find the answers we need unless we have all the intelligent people at the table, and that means you have to open it up for everybody. i always say we never know if we missed out on finding the
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foreign policy. we have two very distinguished scholars here to talk about the nuts and bolts of the debate at that it is happening today. on the broader context in which it is happening. the first presenter this morning will be victoria coast who is the vice president cap and shall be calm davis institute for national security and foreign policy at the heritage foundation. previously national security advisor and 2020. she had 2016 joined donald trump's is assistant to the president and director for strategic communications in 19 she was promoted to deputy assistant to the president deputy national security advisor for the middle east and north africa, which will again be relevant to our discussion today. previously she had served former secretary of defense donald trump fell director of research firstt personal office. national senior security advisor to senator ted cruz bachelor's degree in art history from college masters degree in williams college and a phd from penn please do not ask me any que
foreign policy. we have two very distinguished scholars here to talk about the nuts and bolts of the debate at that it is happening today. on the broader context in which it is happening. the first presenter this morning will be victoria coast who is the vice president cap and shall be calm davis institute for national security and foreign policy at the heritage foundation. previously national security advisor and 2020. she had 2016 joined donald trump's is assistant to the president and...
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policy strengths and weaknesses but the obama legacy in foreign policy and there is a relationship between the two fascinati fascinati fascinating figures and the template of which against to view this campaign such as it is in the last 48 hours we see the shape of the general election and the presumptive nominees after john kasich dropped out and nbc officially assigned donald trump the presumptive nominee because he is not facing anyone else. we are in very strange terrain. in 40 years of covering politics i have never seen anything like this. i am not enjoying it. it is not the campaign i wanted to be the capstone to this career but this book, "alter egos," is the greatest way to try to grapple with the issues that i hope will be debated in the media intensely and among the voters and among all of you rather than just chasing twitter feeds and other social media apps and insults back and forth between the two candidates. mark? >> thank you so much, andrea. i was enormously tickled andrea agreed to do this and not just because she is famous but because i discovered as james suggested in
policy strengths and weaknesses but the obama legacy in foreign policy and there is a relationship between the two fascinati fascinati fascinating figures and the template of which against to view this campaign such as it is in the last 48 hours we see the shape of the general election and the presumptive nominees after john kasich dropped out and nbc officially assigned donald trump the presumptive nominee because he is not facing anyone else. we are in very strange terrain. in 40 years of...
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foreign policy. but he is done a lot of learning on the job so a lot of things he wasn't familiar with and, therefore, learned or was told when he came in office, that is changed things. he has a lot of indifference to foreign policy. he cares most about his domestic political power and foreign policy is situated in subordinate to that. he has a lot of political character russians that just makes sense. think about the syrian withdrawal again. he has constantly described this withdrawals bring the troops home, inking endless wars. that's not true but it's good for him politically. so first it was just a relocation of about 50 u.s. soldiers from north syria, to the rest of syria, and that was withdrawing 1000 troops and putting them in a rack and qatar in saudi arabia and so on. shuffling around troops in the middle east is not exactly restraint or isolationism. and thirdly, or fourthly, he has had to compete with a very strong consensus of american engagement and leadership even within his own cabine
foreign policy. but he is done a lot of learning on the job so a lot of things he wasn't familiar with and, therefore, learned or was told when he came in office, that is changed things. he has a lot of indifference to foreign policy. he cares most about his domestic political power and foreign policy is situated in subordinate to that. he has a lot of political character russians that just makes sense. think about the syrian withdrawal again. he has constantly described this withdrawals bring...
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foreign-policy. i cannot thank you enough on behalf of the entire mccain institute, and arizona state university. until we meet again, hopefully next year in sedona. sen. shaheen: it has been an honor and what a wonderful way to remember senator john mccain. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> coming up today fbi director christopher wray is before house judiciary committee for oversight hearing, that's live at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. in the afternoon our live coverage continues with president biden holding a news conference in cornwall, england ahead of g7 summit being held this weekend. on c-span2, the senate returns at 10:30 a.m. eastern to consider judicial nominations for the district of new jersey and the dc circuit court of appeals. on c-span 3 at 9:30 a.m. defense secretary lloyd austin testifies in front of senate armed services committee. at 2:00 p.m. house homeland security committee examines the federal response to unaccompanied children at the u.s. southern border. on the website officials from the
foreign-policy. i cannot thank you enough on behalf of the entire mccain institute, and arizona state university. until we meet again, hopefully next year in sedona. sen. shaheen: it has been an honor and what a wonderful way to remember senator john mccain. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> coming up today fbi director christopher wray is before house judiciary committee for oversight hearing, that's live at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. in the afternoon our live coverage continues with president biden...
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people don't think of covid as a foreign as a foreign policy issue. it is absolutely a foreign policy issue, and what it is done effectively when joe biden is president, i think i can be, you know, it will be very much coordinated between the domestic at a national security teams. that's how it should be. and helping solve this crisis in the united states requires a strong foreign policy and national security approach. people don't always see it that way and we are sitting at home, when you're trying to do zoom school with your kids or try to figure out when life will go back to normal people don't think about it that way. but it should be talked about in that way. climate change is a foreign policy issue, very much so. the united states needs to do a lot to get our house in order but needs to continue to lead on that front in order to address climate change. it's not just about what's happening in our states and cities are in the united states. that's part of it but very much it's an international issue. these are issues that impact people domestical
people don't think of covid as a foreign as a foreign policy issue. it is absolutely a foreign policy issue, and what it is done effectively when joe biden is president, i think i can be, you know, it will be very much coordinated between the domestic at a national security teams. that's how it should be. and helping solve this crisis in the united states requires a strong foreign policy and national security approach. people don't always see it that way and we are sitting at home, when you're...
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he became a foreign policy here. it was a very thoughtful speech. i don't want to ruin his chances for getting him a ticket. it wasn't while the different from a speech that i can imagine coming out of the department of state or the white house, making a few amendments. this is a good thing. i and others have expressed some dismay about the polarization of our politics and breakdown of civil discourse but i do think there has been a shaking out process. if you look at the field of republican candidates this is truly non-partisan comment because i am making it entirely about the republicans. there were two candidates who many americans including independents and some democrats who were disappointed or disillusioned in their party this year. depending -- i am referring to ambassador/governor huntsman and those two were by far the most -- that is what the process delivered which is a good thing and let's see if the process can continue this business of reconciliation. tough issues facing the next president will be domestic and economic. >> the question
he became a foreign policy here. it was a very thoughtful speech. i don't want to ruin his chances for getting him a ticket. it wasn't while the different from a speech that i can imagine coming out of the department of state or the white house, making a few amendments. this is a good thing. i and others have expressed some dismay about the polarization of our politics and breakdown of civil discourse but i do think there has been a shaking out process. if you look at the field of republican...
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policy was i was never spoken to about foreign policy. we tend to dismiss the engagement of communities of color in theat conversation at e early stages. he cured that for me, and because of that i've also been very intentional about bringing young people with me to places where they're not expected to be. it informs and expands their capacity to be effective leaders, and it is a helpful thing for america for us to have better and more effective leaders. number two, when we can show the world that we actually value minorities, then we have a moral leg to stand on when we tell l em the participation of minorities in their body politic is important. we know that when autocracies come into power, when authoritarian regimes come into power, their first act is to eliminate minority rights. when you can suppress minority rights, you make it much easier to do your work, and that's part of what we're seeing, and the nation-states have gone backwards from their democracies, what happened in egypt, what happened in turkey, what's happening in us a
policy was i was never spoken to about foreign policy. we tend to dismiss the engagement of communities of color in theat conversation at e early stages. he cured that for me, and because of that i've also been very intentional about bringing young people with me to places where they're not expected to be. it informs and expands their capacity to be effective leaders, and it is a helpful thing for america for us to have better and more effective leaders. number two, when we can show the world...